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Agricultura Tropica et SubtropicaThe black scale, Parlatoria ziziphi (Lucas, 1853), is a significant citrus pest that weakens trees, reduces fruit quality, and significantly lowers production, thereby affecting profitability.
Mezerdi Farid, Gacem Kamila
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Mite Infestation on Rattus tanezum rats in southwest China concerning risk models
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceObjectiveThe Asian house rat (Rattus tanezumi) is an important infectious source and reservoir host for many zoonotic diseases, and its associated mites (chigger mites and gamasid mites) can act as vectors for these diseases.
Ru-Jin Liu +9 more
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Orchard netting impacts on biodiversity leading to cascading effects at the ecosystem level
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Agriculture must ensure food production without further compromising the ecosystem functions upon which it depends. Agricultural practices should therefore avoid harming farmland biodiversity, especially of taxa that supply the key ecosystem services (e.g.
Corrado Alessandrini +13 more
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Partners or passengers? Revisiting the association between diatoms and aquatic animals
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Numerous studies have revealed the importance of research on the communities capable of colonizing animal surfaces (epibionts) and the animals on which they live (basibionts). Very few studies have considered epizoic diatoms, and there are gaps and biases in our knowledge, including the choice of basibionts, the methods used, and the habitats ...
Gianluca Vacca +2 more
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Зерновое хозяйство России, 2018 Trailing bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) was the main weed on the fields sown with winter wheat variety ‘Povolzhskaya 86’. The article considers the effect of various degrees of weediness by trailing bindweed (sparsae, copiosae1, copiosae3) on the main ...
I. I. Sharapov
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GIScience & Remote Sensing, 2019 Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) is one of the most aggressive and lethal free-floating aquatic weed that degrades and chokes freshwater ecosystems and threatens aquatic life. Early detection and up-to-date information regarding its distribution is,
Kgabo H. Thamaga, Timothy Dube
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Acta Agrobotanica, 2012 Infestation of aphid Acyrthosiphon pelargonii (Kalt.) caused increased deposition of phenolic compounds in the leaves of Pelargonium sp. Most deposits were located in the vacuole and in the area between the plasma membrane and cell wall, as well as some ...
Joanna Ślusarczyk
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Review of the fauna associated with wild and farmed mussels and oysters in the Mediterranean
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Mussels and oysters are important ecosystem engineers which modify the physical and chemical characteristics of the environment and create habitats that support highly diverse associated communities. In the Mediterranean Sea, the native Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis and the European flat oyster Ostrea edulis, together the ...
Barbara Mikac +5 more
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InsectsThe raccoon, Procyon lotor, is an alien species in Europe, where it is considered invasive and poses significant environmental and sanitary risks: it can increase the host reservoir by both introducing new parasites to the region and acquiring native ...
Joanna N. Izdebska +3 more
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Carrion ecology: concepts, interdisciplinary synthesis, and perspectives
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Carrion is a ubiquitous resource in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, yet it has long been overlooked in ecological research. Over the past two decades, studies on carrion and the many organisms that exploit it have flourished, revealing not only wide‐ranging ecological functions but also significance far beyond ecology.
Marcos Moleón +38 more
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